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The NOR’WESTER

Published Quarterly by the Pacific
Northwest Numismatic Association

PNNA is a non-profit corporation registered in the
State of Oregon.

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Joe Boling, Secretary
P.O.Box 4718
Federal Way, WA 98063
Phone 253-839-5199
Fax 253-839-5185
e-mail joeboling@aol.com
Dues are:

Individual — $5. 00/year
Life — $100.00
Family/Club — $7. 50/year

Second Quarter

1997

April-May-June

President’s Message, by J. Eric Holcomb

The 1997 PNNA Convention, hosted by the Willamette
Coin Club, is now only days away! (March 28-29, 1997,
just before Easter.) Please come, bring an exhibit, and bring
your want list, as there will be a good turnout of dealers to
satisfy your collecting needs! There will be a PNNA board
meeting and general membership meeting on Saturday
morning at the convention following the breakfast banquet.
See the article elsewhere on this page regarding the 1998
PNNA Convention. Clubs interested in hosting the 1999
and 2000 conventions should contact a board member as
soon as possible.

PNNA members are encouraged to submit specific
proposals for educational activities to the board at or before
scheduled board meetings. The PNNA has made significant
progress in promoting numismatic education (for example,
our distribution of ANA videos and our NCW awards).
With your help, we can continue in this direction.

National Coin Week — 20-26 April 1997

The ANA has announced the theme for this year’s
NCW — “The Changing Face of Money.” Of course, there
has been no changed face for US money since 1980, except
for the $100 bill. One way to get people interested in coins
and notes is to put a few strange ones into their hands, which
seems to be the thrust that the ANA is suggesting (placing
obsolete coinage into circulation).

The PNNA will sponsor a competition in 1997 for
member clubs, with the same prizes as last year — $100, $75,
and $50. Member clubs are encouraged to promote NCW
throughout the region, and to submit reports of their
activities to Joe Boling for consideration for these awards.

The ANA also provides a prize for the best NCW
program conducted by an ANA member club. Consider
submitting your reports to the ANA as well.

1998 PNNA Convention

Dues are Past Due

PNNA dues are assessed annually in January. If your
mailing label is highlighted, please send your dues to the
secretary, Joe Boling. An envelope was enclosed in the
previous Nor’wester. Individual dues are $5; family groups
and clubs are $7.50. Members not paid by convention time
will not receive The Nor’wester after that date.

PNNA Officers

President
1st vice-pres.
2nd vice-pres.
Secr./Treas.
Past president
Directors

Dealer-director

Eric Holcomb
Tom Sheehan
Betty Hoffman
Joseph E. Boling
Shannon Jones

Del Cushing, Donald Farnam, Marge
Farnam, Paul Longcrier, Scott T. Loos,
Michael O’Hara, Alex Pancheco, Larry
Rowe, Robert Steinegger, Steve Zieba
Marc Bettinger (appointed)

The ANA’s 107th anniversary convention will be in
Portland in 1998. To avoid having two major shows there,
and because the PNNA convention has been in Portland for
the past three years, the PNNA convention will be elsewhere
next year.

We have requested member clubs to bid for the
convention but have had no takers. We are therefore
investigating the potential for associating the convention
with the West Coast Coin Expo in Seattle in March 1998.
This is a commercial show; the PNNA would conduct its
exhibiting and education programs, but would not operate
nor receive any profits from the bourse.

Discussions with Teresa Darling, the owner of the West
Coast Expo, were conducted at this year’s show by a
committee appointed following the February board meeting
(see the minutes elsewhere in this Nor’wester); the board
will take final action on the committee’s recommendations
at the convention board meeting. If you have an interest in
the placement of the 1998 convention, communicate with a
board member or attend the meeting in Portland.

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Exhibits at the PNNA Convention

Yes, there is still an exhibit program at the Portland
convention, despite the Friday- Saturday format.
Exhibits have to be in place by noon on Saturday to be
eligible for awards, which will be announced at
4:00p.m. Of course, we would prefer to have your
exhibits in place on Friday, so that visitors to the
convention can view and learn from them. Use the form
in the First Quarter 1997 Nor’wester to apply for
exhibit space and exhibit cases. (Note: cases may no
longer be available at this time; plan to bring your
own.) The PNNA best of show winner will receive
$200 in assistance to take the winning exhibit to the
ANA anniversary convention, which will be in New
York City in 1997 (30 July-3 August).

ANA Board Nominations

The nominating season is open for officers of the
American Numismatic Association. At the February
board meeting the PNNA officers voted to nominate
A.M. Kagin for vice president and Robert Campbell for
governor. PNNA members who receive ANA ballots
are encouraged to vote for these individuals. We have
received one additional request for nomination that will
be considered at the board meeting at the convention.

Wanted to Buy
MEDALS

Historic, Commemorative,
or Artistic

Also want old coin books, periodicals,
and catalogues.

Will travel to buy
Tom Sheehan
(206) 546-5599
P.O. Box 14

Seattle, WA 98111-0014
e-mail tsheehan@wolfenet.com

Regional Club Meeting Listing

The PNNA’s club meeting listing is included in this
Nor’wester. If there is an error regarding your club,
please call or write Joe Boling with the correct
information. This listing is distributed widely at shows
and fairs; it helps to have the right addresses and
meeting nights.

1998 ANA Convention Advertising Woods

We have acquired wood rounds to advertise the
ANA convention in Portland in 1998 (the PNNA is the
sponsoring local organization). If you need some woods
for distribution in your area, write to Joe Boling and
request them. If you would like a couple for your own
collection, please send 420 in stamps (not a SASE —
we have mailers for small quantities of woods).

ANA Convention in 200?

The PNNA and the Seattle/King County
Convention and Visitors’Bureau will present a bid at
the ANA spring convention in Cleveland, inviting the
ANA to hold its summer convention in Seattle in one of
the years 2004-2007 (the years through 2003 are
already awarded). The ANA staff has shown a strong
inclination to have another convention in Seattle, but
the hotel costs during the summer are so high that the
board may decline to award the convention to Seattle
(we’re talking $175-190 a day in the hotels that are used
as “convention HQ”). The bid is being made as this
Nor’wester is mailed; we’ll keep you informed.

Are You Also A Star Gazer?

It’s not unusual for collectors who appreciate the
beauty of coins to also appreciate the beauty in nature,
including the night sky. If so, you’ll be interested to
know that Comet Hale-Bopp is putting on an excellent
show in our skies this spring, with the best viewing
times just before and after the PNNA Convention.
Contact Eric Holcomb at 206-850-2996 for more
information.

Deadline for submission of material for Third Quarter 1997 Nor’wester: June 15,
1997. Call Eric Holcomb at (206) 850-2996, or e-mail to EHolc48@aol.com

Advertising rates are $7.50 (1/8-page), $10.00 (1/6-page), $15.00 (1/4-page), $25.00
(1/2-page), and $45.00 (full page). Send ad copy to Eric Holcomb, and payment to the
PNNA secretary/treasurer.

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Minutes of PNNA board meeting — 9 February 1997, Vancouver WA

The meeting was called to order by President Eric
Holcomb at 2:05pm. Present were 1st Vice President
Tom Sheehan, secretary/treasurer Joe Boling, directors
Paul Longcrier, Alex Pancheco, Larry Rowe, Robert
Steinegger, and Steve Zieba, and members Rob Retz
and Larry Gaye.

The minutes of the 2 November 1996 board
meeting were approved as published. The treasurer’s
report for the month closing 3 1 January was distributed
and accepted subject to audit. The historian reported
that the last portions of the Cushing collection of PNNA
memorabilia have been housed in permanent holders
and are ready for exhibition at future conventions.

Tom Sheehan reported that all 100 copies of the
ANA’s video “Money: History in Your Hands” have
been distributed to libraries and schools in Alaska,
British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. He
submitted a list of the recipients. Joe Boling reported
that the PNNA exhibit rules have been modified as
directed at the last board meeting and published. An
abbreviated version went out in the last Nor’wester,
following which no requests for the full version have
been received. Eric Holcomb announced that he has
agreed to be the exhibit chairman for the 1998 ANA
convention in Portland.

Rob Retz reported for the PNNA 1997 convention
committee. Plans are on track; we may lose a couple of
tables to the San Francisco International show the same
weekend, but the committee does not feel that it will
draw many away. A press release is ready and a media
plan being developed. The theme of the educational
programs of the convention will be “Coins of the
Bible”; an exhibit will be prepared on this topic.
Speakers who can address aspects of this subject are
needed and should be put into touch with Rob Retz. A
YN program is also being planned; “penny boards” and
as many of the US Mint’s coin collector’s starter kit as
can be rounded up will be distributed.

No site for the 1998 PNNA convention has been
selected yet. The Inland Empire Coin Club was invited
to host the convention at their fall show in 1998, but
they have not replied. They will be queried again. Other
options are to hook up with the Willamette Coin Club’s
Easter show again, or to develop a presence at the West
Coast Coin Expo. Teresa Darling has expressed an
interest in having competitive exhibits at her show, and
is already scheduling educational programs. Boling was
asked to contact the Inland Empire CC again about their
fall 1998 show. Moved (Rowe), seconded (Sheehan)
and passed that a committee be established to develop

rules under which the PNNA would affiliate itself with
a commercial show (such as Darling’s). President
Holcomb appointed the following to the committee:
McKivor (chair), Boling, Sheehan. Marc Duvall (an
attorney member of the Seattle Coin Club) will be
requested to assist.

Larry Rowe reported the following appointments
for the 1998 ANA convention in Portland: Larry Gaye,
assistant general chairman; Rob Retz, education
chairman; Eric Holcomb, exhibit chairman. Joe Boling
is expected to be the chief judge. Still needed are chairs
for pre-registration, registration, YN programs, and
pages. Larry desires to spread these appointments to
several local clubs and the PNNA, but is having trouble
finding volunteers outside the Willamette Coin Club.

The Inland Empire Coin Club has not replied to the
board’s action at its November meeting establishing
seed money for an educational seminar to be held east
of the mountains.

Moved (Boling), seconded (Sheehan) and passed
that the 1996 incentives for National Coin Week
promotions by PNNA clubs be extended to 1997
[awards of $100, $75, and $50]. Barring a conflict of
interest, Larry Rowe will again be the judge. Clubs
should also be encouraged to submit their programs to
the ANA, which is also providing awards. The theme
for 1997 is “The Changing Face of Money.”

In a discussion of other educational programs that
the PNNA could promote, the following was proposed:

Sheehan — we could send coin week notices to the
libraries that are now on our mailing list, encouraging
them to show numismatic books in their temporary
displays at that time. Moved (Boling), seconded (Rowe)
and passed to appropriate up to $50 for this promotion.
Sheehan to execute.

Retz — has the PNNA considered offering
scholarships to YNs for numismatic achievement?
These would not be summer convention scholarships,
but cash to be used for continuing education. Interested
board members are requested to make a proposal at the
next meeting, of the objectives and mechanics of such a
program. After that report is accepted, funding methods
can be investigated.

Boling reported that the Seattle convention center
wants to have the ANA convention return to Seattle at
the earliest opportunity. Ruthann Brettell has expressed
an interest in a west coast show in the 2004-2007
period, and states that California is not in the picture.
However, a sponsoring club must make the proposal to

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Minutes of PNNA board meeting — 9 February 1997, Vancouver WA (continued)

the ANA board at its 19 March meeting preceding the
Cleveland early spring convention. Moved (Sheehan),
seconded (Steinegger) and passed to appropriate airfare
plus $200 to send a PNNA representative to the
Cleveland convention to present the PNNA’s proposal
to host an ANA convention in Seattle in the period after
2003.

Requests for nominations from candidates for
ANA officers’ positions were discussed. Moved
(Boling), seconded (Steinegger) and passed to nominate
A.M. Kagin as ANA vice president. Moved (Pancheco),
seconded (Steinegger) and passed to nominate Bob
Campbell as ANA director.

Boling reported some statistics relating to the
Florida United Numismatists (FUN), a regional
organization nominally equivalent to PNNA. FUN has

ten times our membership and over twelve times our
assets — why? Flow can we expand our membership?
Pancheco — we need some flyers or other materials that
expound “What can the PNNA do for you.” Gaye — we
need a mission statement. Sheehan — we need a
statement of objectives and goals (what do we want to
do and how do we expect to get there). Flolcomb — we
need a publicity chair for PNNA. We’ll try to have a
meeting covering these topics at the West Coast Expo in
March.

President Flolcomb adjourned the meeting at 4:45.

Minutes prepared by Joseph Boling

American Numismatic Association News

1997 National Coin Week — The ANA will lead
collectors across the United States in celebrating the 74th
annual National Coin Week, April 20-26, 1997, with the
theme, "The Changing Face of Money." Utilizing as a
springboard for presentations and exhibits the new designs
appearing on our nation's paper money and the serious
consideration given to a bill calling for new designs for 25-
cent coins, the ANA plans to work with its members and
other collectors in promoting the numismatic hobby during
National Coin Week. ANA Education Director James
Taylor said, "National Coin Week is the one time each year
when everyone in this diverse, multi-faceted hobby comes
together to show the world the wonders it offers. As those
of us who already know the enjoyment of numismatics, it is
an avocation that is second to none with opportunity." The
ANA again is offering full scholarships to any future
Summer Conference in Colorado Springs to the coin club
and the collector who submit a report of the best and most
innovative method of how they promoted National Coin
Week. Entries are due May 31, 1997. For more information
about NCW, contact the ANA’s Education Department, 818
North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3279;
telephone 719/632-2646; Internet anaedu@money.org;
http://www.money.org.

ANA Budget — A budget totaling nearly $3.2 million
for the ANA’s Fiscal Year 1997-98 will be considered by
the Board of Governors when it meets in Cleveland.
Proposed by ANA Executive Director Robert J. Leuver, the
budget anticipates a surplus in revenue over expenditures by
the end of the next fiscal year (April 1, 1997 - March 31,
1998).

ANA Election Candidate Forum — A 90-minute
question-and-answer forum for candidates seeking election
to the ANA Board of Governors is scheduled for the ANA's
National Money Show in Cleveland. Election ballots will be
included in the June issue of The Numismatist, and must be
returned by July. Those elected to the Board will be
installed at the ANA's 106th Anniversary Convention in
New York City, July 30-August 3, 1997.

New ANA Correspondence Courses — The ANA has
launched two new correspondence courses under one cover,
illustrated with 34 pages of detailed, color photographs.
Author James Wiles, Ph.D., wrote both correspondence
courses — The Modern Minting Process and U.S. Minting
Errors and Varieties — for the ANA and its School of
Numismatics on the recommendation of minting and error
expert J.T. Stanton. Wiles states, "There are several good,
detailed studies of the minting process, and on errors and
varieties. However, no one until now has summarized the
field and illustrated the various errors and varieties with
quality photos, which are the essence of this course.” Cost
of the correspondence courses is $39.95 for ANA members,
$69.95 for non-members. Call 719/634-4085 for info.

ANA Money Museum Travels the Web — The ANA
Money Museum is no longer anchored to its solid moorings
in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but is hooked up to a "warp
engine" that allows it to travel at light speed. Via the
electronic medium of the Internet, specimens from the
ANA's collection of United States paper money — the
world's foremost collection — can now be seen in vivid
color by anyone surfing the Association's World Wide Web
site (www.money.org).

"Money Talks" is a copyrighted production of the American Numismatic Association. Used by permission.

African-Americans on Coins

by Gerald Tebben

Since February was Black Flistory Month, let me pose the
following question: Who was the first African-American to
appear on a United States coin?

In 1946, the U.S. Mint began an eight-year run of
commemorative half dollars honoring Booker T.
Washington and George Washington Carver.

Booker T. Washington was born a slave in 1858, and he
rose to become one of this nation's great educators. The
founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was enshrined in
the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1946 — an event
the U.S. Mint marked with a commemorative coin. The
front of the silver coin shows Washington — and the
reverse side shows the slave cabin where he was born, and
the Hall of Fame, with the inscription "From Slave Cabin to
Hall of Fame." The coins were sold for a dollar, with the
profits going to the memorial and other Black charities.

In 1951, Congress authorized another commemorative coin
— featuring both Booker T. Washington and George
Washington Carver. Carver was another former slave who
became an out-standing scientist and educator. He devoted
himself to the propagation of crops that would flourish on
the cotton-depleted soil of the South. The reverse side of
this coin features a map of the United States. The coin was
released during those bizarre days of McCarthyism, when
people were whipped into a frenzy of fear that Communist
agents were lurking on every street corner. Congress
specified that the profits from the sale of the coin would be
used to oppose the spread of Communism — but no one
knows just how the coins' profits actually were spent.

While no African-Americans appear on any regularly
circulating U.S. coins, there's been considerable discussion
lately of honoring Martin Luther King on a coin, possibly
the nickel.

Backyard Buried Treasure: English Coin Hoards

by Dennis Marr

How would you like to dig for buried treasure? What if you
could find a pile of ancient coins . . . and it was, literally, in
your back yard? Believe it or not, this happens in England on
a fairly regular basis.

During its early history, England was the scene of many
invasions. Vikings, Norsemen and various Celtic tribes
struggled among themselves until the Romans came in and
established a kind of peace.

In ancient England, people often had no choice but to bury their
family treasure to keep it from the invaders. Should the owners
be killed, or forced off their land — their buried treasure could
be lost for the ages. Lost, that is, until some lucky person later
happens upon it while digging in his back yard.

This was the good fortune of Eric Lawes. In November of
1992, Mr. Lawes was searching in his back yard with a metal
detector. Instead of finding the lost tool he was looking for, he
happened upon one of the largest hoards of buried coins ever
found in England. The press called it "the find of the century."
What Lawes discovered was a hoard of more than 14,000
ancient coins. Most were silver, but more than 500 Roman
gold coins were found, too. From the portraits of the emperors
on the coins, we know they were buried around the year 425.

The find was declared a "treasure trove" under British law.
That means the British Museum had the right to buy any coins
it wanted at a fair market price. All coins not purchased by the
museum became the finder's, to do with as he wanted. It's
estimated that Lawe's back-yard treasure was worth several
million dollars.

The chances are slim that anyone in the United States will ever
dig up a hoard of buried Roman treasure in their back yard. It's
almost enough to make you want to move to England, isn't it?

The Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act by Bill Jones

Silver dollars are easily the most popular U.S. coin among collectors. They're big, impressive, and they remind people of the
"Old West." Not only were they backed by precious metal, but they were made of precious metal. Why, then, are many of these
popular silver dollars inexpensive today, especially when you compare them with the price of other coins from the same period?

The answer lies in the laws, politics and public attitudes of the 19th century. In the 1870s, vast quantities of silver were
discovered in the western United States. The most famous of these discoveries was Nevada's fabulous Comstock Lode —
described as, "a river of silver." This abundance of silver brought down its value — and, as you might guess, prompted the mine
owners to seek government help. That help came with the passage of the Bland-Allison Act, which required the federal
government to purchase large quantities of silver and make it into dollar coins — even if neither the Mint nor the public wanted
the dollars.

Although the cowboys of the "Old West" liked silver dollars, most Americans didn't. The public viewed the silver dollar as a
heavy, cumbersome coin that literally wore holes in their pockets. And despite the public's rejection of the silver dollar,
Congress required the Mint to continue producing the unneeded — and unwanted — coins — even though there were severe
shortages of lower-value coins. So millions of silver dollars sat in government vaults, and were available at face value until the
early 1960s. In the 1970s, the government sold its remaining stock of old silver dollars. Many of these dollars were made at
the legendary Carson City, Nevada Mint. Today, if you'd like an inexpensive example of these attractive mementos of our past,
just stop by your local coin dealer.

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COIN SHO W CALENDAR

To list a club show contact Del Cushing; P.O. Box 88984,
Seattle, WA. 98138; Phone (206) 244-1596

1997

MARCH 28-29, 1997

PACIFIC NORTHWEST NUMISMATIC
ASSOCIATION 48TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

LLOYD CENTER RED LION,
PORTLAND, OREGON

APRIL 6 BELLEVUE COIN & COLLECTIBILES
SPRING SHOW; Bellevue Inn, Bellevue, Wa.

APRIL 12-13 KENT- VALLEY COIN SHOW; Kent
Commons, Kent, Wa.

APRIL 12-13 VANCOUVER NUMISMATIC
SOCIETY COIN SHOW; Oakridge Auditorium, 41st
and Cambie, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

APRIL 13 FENWICK STAMP & COIN SHOW; Eagles
#1, Corson Ave. & Michigan St., Seattle, Wa.

APRIL 19-20 NORTHWEST COIN DEALERS, INC.;
San Juan Room, Seattle Center, Seattle, Wa.

APRIL 19-20 BELLINGHAM STAMP & COIN
SHOW; Best Western Lakeway Inn, 714 Lakeway,
Bellingham, Wa.

APRIL 26 OLYMPIA/SOUTH SOUND COIN SHOW;
Aladdin Best Western Inn, 900 So. Capitol Way,
Olympia, Wa.

APRIL 26-27 SPRINGFIELD COIN CLUB SHOW;
Masonic Lodge, 2777 Centennial Blvd, across from
Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Or.

APRIL 27 COWLITZ COIN CLUB 3rd ANNUAL
SPRING SHOW, AWPPW Hall, Longview, Wa.

MAY 3-4 KENT- VALLEY COIN SHOW; Kent
Commons, Kent, Wa.

MAY 18 NORTHWEST TOKEN & MEDAL
SOCIETY; King Oscars Motel, So 88th & Hosmer,
Tacoma, Wa.

MAY 24-25 SALEM COIN & STAMP SHOW; Black
Angus Restaurant, 220 Commercial St S.E., Salem, Or.

MAY 24-25 GREATER TACOMA COIN SHOW;
Sherwood Inn, So. 84th & 15, Tacoma, Wa.

JUN 7-8 NORTHWEST COIN DEALERS, INC.; San
Juan Room, Seattle Center, Seattle.

JUNE 8 FENWICK STAMP & COIN SHOW; Eagles
#1, Corson & Michigan, Seattle, Wa.

JULY 12-13 NORTHWEST TOKEN & MEDAL
SOCIETY 12TH ANNUAL CONVENTION, Marshall
Recreation Center, Exit 1C, Vancouver, Wa.

JULY 19-20 COOS COUNTY COIN CLUB ANNUAL
SHOW; Bay Area Convention Center, Coos Bay, Or.

JULY 20 BELLEVUE COIN & COLLECTIBILES
SUMMER SHOW; Bellevue Inn, Bellevue, Wa.

AUG 10 FENWICK STAMP & COIN SHOW, Eagles
#1, Corson & Michigan, Seattle, Wa.

AUG 23-24 WASHINGTON STATE 18TH ANNUAL
COIN SHOW; Sherwood Inn, Tacoma, Wa.

AUG 30-31 OREGON STATE 4TH ANNUAL COIN
SHOW, Sheraton Hotel-Portland/Airport, Portland, Or.

SEPT 13-14 NORTHWEST COIN DEALERSJNC.; San
Juan Room, Seattle, Center, Seattle.

SEPT 21 NORTHWEST TOKEN & MEDAL
SOCIETY; King Oscars Motel, So 88th & Hosmer,
Tacoma, Wa.

SEPT 20-21 CAVEMAN COIN-STAMP & SPORTS
CARD SHOW; Josephine County Fairgrounds, Redwood
Highway, Grants Pass, Ore.

SEPT 27 BELLEVUE COIN & COLLECTIBLES
FALL SHOW, Bellevue Inn, Bellevue, Wa.

OCT 11-12 KENT- VALLEY COIN SHOW, Kent
Commons, Kent, Wa.

OCT 12 FENWICK STAMP & COIN SHOW, Eagles
#1, Corson & Michigan, Seattle, Wa.

OCT ?? NORTH SHORE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
COIN EXPO.; No. Vancouver Recreation ??Center,
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

NOV 1-2 TACOMA-LAKEWOOD COIN CLUB
SHOW; Elks Lodge, 1965 So. Union, Tacoma, Wa.

NOV 8 OLYMPIA/SOUTH SOUND COIN SHOW,
Aladdin Best Western Inn, 900 So. Capitol Way,
Olympia, Wa.

NOV 15-16 EVERETT COIN CLUB 35TH ANNUAL
SHOW; Normanna Hall, Everett, Wa.

NOV 22-23 THE HOLIDAY COIN & COLLECTIBLE
SHOW; Sherwood Inn, Tacoma, Wa.

DEC 7 NORTHWEST TOKEN & MEDAL SOCIETY;
King Oscars Motel, So 88th & Hosmer, Tacoma, Wa.

DEC 13-14 NORTHWEST COIN DEALERS, INC.;

San Juan Room, Seattle Center, Seattle, Wa.

DEC 14 FENWICK STAMP & COIN SHOW; Eagles
#1, Corson & Michigan, Seattle, Wa.

DEC 20-21 KENT- VALLEY COIN SHOW, Kent
Commons, Kent, Wa.